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"for whom does the gypsy girl sing?"
Lydia, that vague gaze . . .
Why do you wander
In the sea of broken hearts?
You’ve been hurt
So your smile has withered
So, for whom does the gypsy girl sing?
You can see the mist, see the rain, see the sun
The cracked earth yields heartache again.
He has gone, but he cannot take your heaven away.
After the strong wind, the tears of the ( Read more... ) -
random 4am musings
I want a week of my life to be a Wes Anderson movie.
That said, I can't wait for The Grand Budapest Hotel to come out on DVD. Note to self: Watch Moonrise Kingdom soon.
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Renascent
A seed lay dormant in my chest,
protected by my ribcage, enduring
an indefinite,
self-imposed winter.
Seasons pass in real time,
years upon years
of comfortable, comforting stasis;
a heart on hiatus.
Spring came upon me without warning,
and now there’s a flutter
where there once was nothing-
the blossoming unstoppable.
I woke up one day and found a garden in ( Read more... ) -
"What I Did with My Inheritance"
There are days when I am reminded that,
more than anything, more than all of my efforts,
I am my father’s daughter.
I have his face, his bad feet,
and his impressively high alcohol tolerance.
I look in the mirror and see him in the curve of my cheeks,
in the shape of my eyes,
in the pale undertone of my decidedly brown skin. I smile.
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'stethoscopy'
This is somewhere between pauses
and within beats:
Wake me up,
see how this fills with feeling
and things unnamed, unexplained,
undeniable.
Listen at how it would
flutter,
like
a billion butterfly wings beating
to break surface tension;
feel it breathe secrets,
lulling, bringing me back to sleep,
cradled against
its quick cadence
and the soundless ( Read more... ) -
honored.
I'm all for celebrating the little joys now instead of letting myself be bothered by things that steal my happy time.
I guess this isn't something you can call "little," but the greatest surprise and joy and I got last weekend was I not only passed Elementary Korean 1 (I was worried I'd bomb the final like I did last time), but I also received ( Read more... ) -
lesson learned: I really should start saving.
God, I feel so crappy.
Thursday: Okay, so the bank's system decides to be utterly stupid and 1) delays my entire office's pay-almost everyone got theirs at around 9PM, and 2) did not process my pay at all. This happening on the eve of a national holiday made it even more frustrating because I couldn't follow up the next day. But I had hoped that the ( Read more... ) -
how to do this
So I need to lose at least 34 pounds to reach the ideal BMI. I've got the eating less part down, but I do know I really need to exercise. But where to start? And to be honest, I don't know if I want to. LOL. But seriously, I'm concerned because it's making me sick (my uric acid is ridiculously high). But how do I even start. I know that I should do ( Read more... ) -
dreaming anew
I've always loved writing, and it's something I'll always have. But if there was something I realized this past year, it was that I can't write for a living, not when it stresses me out like no other. Some days writing comes easy, but most days, it's just not. Writing had slowly become a chore more than something I enjoy, and I really didn't want ( Read more... ) -
someone I am.
This song pretty much says everything I've ever wanted to tell anyone I've ever loved.
Someone to Fall Back on
Aly Michalka (Bandslam OST)
I'll never be a knight in armor
With a sword in hand or a kamikaze fighter;
Don't count on me to storm the barricades
And take a stand or hold my ground;
You'll never see any scars or wounds
I don't walk on coals, I won ( Read more... )
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